Cryptonemia antricola C.W.Schneider, C.E.Lane & G.W.Saunders 2018
Publication Details
Cryptonemia antricola C.W.Schneider, C.E.Lane & G.W.Saunders 2018: 356, 357, figs 8-10
Published in: Schneider, C.W., Lane, C.E. & Saunders, G.W (2018). A revision of the genus Cryptonemia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) in Bermuda, western Atlantic Ocean, including five new species and C. bemudensis (Collins & M.Howe) comb. nov.. European Journal of Phycology 53(3): 350-368.
Publication date: 2018
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptonemia is Cryptonemia lactuca J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Tobacco Bay, St George's I., Bermuda, western Atlantic Ocean (32°23'20.1"N, 64°40'44.1"W); (Schneider & al. 2018: 357) Holotype: Craig W. Schneider/Christopher E. Lane 10-14-33; 21 August 2010; rock floor of grotto entrance, depth 2 m; MICH; (Schneider & al. 2018: 357, fig. 8) Notes: GenBank MF685029 (LSU), MF782466 (rbcL). Isotypes: UNB [BDA192], herb. CWS.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants dark rosy-red and erect to 2.5 cm tall, composed of narrowly ligulate, irregularly branched, cartilaginous blades, arising from small discoidal holdfasts on short subterete stipes, often more than one upright from the same holdfast, not adhering well to paper when dried; blades to 2 mm wide and 57-90 µm thick, the margins entire, proliferous blades re-growing terminally after being grazed by herbivores; medulla comprised of a compact cavity with few to dense intertwining, elongate filaments, 2.5-3.5 µm diam. and occasional dark staining, swollen ganglial cells; medulla giving rise to a 2-(3-) layered cortex on both surfaces, subsurface cells subglobose to transversely elongate reaching 17 µm diam., outer cortical cells 3-10 µm diam., irregular to transversely elongate in transverse section, irregularly angular to rounded in surface view; gametangia and tetrasporangia unknown.
Created: 13 September 2018 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 December 2018
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Craig Schneider in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
